A French entreprenew set up a company to build this Suez Canal they wanted to join the Mediterranean and red sea for having a shortcut between Europe and Asia.
This canal is located in Egypt. It was opened in 1869 and what it allows is water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigating around Africa or carrying goods overland between the Mediterrane an and the Red Sea. The northern terminus is Port Said
This canal is located in Egypt. It was opened in 1869 and what it allows is water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigating around Africa or carrying goods overland between the Mediterrane an and the Red Sea. The northern terminus is Port Said
In 1854, Ferdinand de Lesseps, former French consul to Cairo, secured an agreement with the Ottoman governor of Egypt to build a canal 100 miles across the Isthmus of Suez. In 1856, the Suez Canal Company formed and granted the right to operate the canal for 99 years after completion of the work.
Construction began in April 1859. On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt (101 miles across the Isthmus of Suez), thereby linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas and separating the Sinai from the rest of Egypt.
Upon conclusion, the canal was 25 feet deep, 72 feet wide at the bottom, 200 to 300 feet large at the surface and fewer than 500 ships navigated it in its first full year of operation.
It was an important connection with India.
Construction began in April 1859. On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt (101 miles across the Isthmus of Suez), thereby linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas and separating the Sinai from the rest of Egypt.
Upon conclusion, the canal was 25 feet deep, 72 feet wide at the bottom, 200 to 300 feet large at the surface and fewer than 500 ships navigated it in its first full year of operation.
It was an important connection with India.
Some Presidents of the Suez Canal company, before nationalisation were
Ferdinand De Lesseps, (1855 – 7 December 1894)
Jules Guichard (17 December 1892 – 17 July 1896) (acting for de Lesseps to 7 December 1894)
Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg (3 August 1896 – 1913)
Charles Jonnart (19 May 1913 – 1927)
Louis de Vogüé (4 April 1927 – 1 March 1948)
François Charles-Roux (4 April 1948 – 26 July 1956)
The French built the Suez Canal with Egyptian labour, and eventually, with Egyptian money.
The English built a rail line between Alexandria and Cairo, along with a telegraph, opening up an important route between Great Britain and India. With the railway came English merchants, clergymen and teachers, middle class girls looking for husbands and the famous world traveller Thomas J. Cook, who in 1860 organized his first tour to Egypt for thirty-two tourists.
During the 1800s, Mohammed Ali's grandson was ruling all Egypt. Ismail had been educated in France, travelled widely and dreamed that Cairo should rival Paris. He established a new area with straight streets and gave land to anyone who would build a building worth at least 30,000 francs within 18 months.
Because of the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, Europeans living in Egypt and rich Egyptians celebrated with balls, operas and races. One of the buildings erected at that time was the Cairo Opera House, an exact copy of La Scala of Milan. Eventually the money ran out and European bankers basically foreclosed on Egypt, capturing the country without a shot being fired. Much of the money used for buildings, roads, and the Suez Canal itself had been borrowed at lofty costs, and so Egypt fell even further under the influence, and now outright control of Europeans.
Port Said, a beautiful Egyptian city, was established in 1859 at the same time with the beginning of construction of the Suez Canal, which officially opened in 1869. The Port is situated on the Mediterranean Sea and is geographically isolated, situated on a low, sandy ground on the northwest of the Suez Canal and east of Lake Manzila.
Because of the building of the Canal, Port Said had years of property from fishing and from industries like chemicals, processed food, and cigarettes.
Port Said is also an important port both for exports of Egyptian products like cotton and rice, but also a fuelling (of fuel) station for ships that pass through the Suez Canal. The riches that began in the late 1800s saw development of houses with grand balconies on all floors, giving the city a better view.
We can conclude that this waterway became a vital shortcut between Europe and Asia and that it was especially valued by the British as an important link to India.
In 1875 Great Britain gained effective control to the canal when Egypt sold this waterway shares to the British in order to pay off its debts. That’s why during the next few years, British influence increased over Egypt and as a conclusion Britis
h forces put down a revolt led by a nationalist leader making Egypt became a British protectorate.
In 1875 Great Britain gained effective control to the canal when Egypt sold this waterway shares to the British in order to pay off its debts. That’s why during the next few years, British influence increased over Egypt and as a conclusion Britis
h forces put down a revolt led by a nationalist leader making Egypt became a British protectorate. 
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